Photo Gallery: The beer's flowing at Munich's Oktoberfest

CHRISTOF STACHE, Getty Images09.17.2011

Visitors gather on the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011 at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival. The 178th edition of the world's biggest beer festival which expected to attract around six million runs until October 3, 2011.

CHRISTOF STACHE
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Waitresses are cheering with beer mugs during the big entry for the opening of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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Co-Chairwoman Claudia Roth of the German Greens Party cheers with a beer mug after the opening ceremony of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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A woman wearing a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress holds a beer mug during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Alexandra Beier
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A woman wearing a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress holds a beer mug during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Alexandra Beier
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A Bavarian dressed man wearing a so valled "Gamsbart" attends the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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Tourists show themselves up with typical Oktoberfest outfit inspired by traditional Bavarian dresses during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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Tourists show themselves up with typical Oktoberfest outfit inspired by traditional Bavarian dresses during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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Tourists show themselves up with typical Oktoberfest outfit inspired by traditional Bavarian dresses during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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Tourists show themselves up with typical Oktoberfest outfit inspired by traditional Bavarian dresses during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Johannes Simon
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A waitress serves beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011. The 178th edition of the world's biggest beer festival which is expected to attract around six million visitors runs until October 3, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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A waitress serves beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Visitors dressed with traditional Bavarian clothes share a toast in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Visitors stretch out to reach a beer mug in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Visitors strechts for a beer mug in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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A waitress serves beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Women dressed with traditional Bavarian clothes pose with beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Visitors enjoy a top spin roundabout during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Alexandra Beier
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A waitress carries beer mugs during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.Alexandra Beier
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Visitor share a toast in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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A waitress serves beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Women dressed in Bavarian traditional clothes share a toast in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Women dressed with traditional Bavarian clothes pose with beer mugs in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.CHRISTOF STACHE
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Visitors rest in the grass during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany. The world's biggest beer festival starts September 17 and runs until October 3, 2011. (Photo byAlexandra Beier
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Tourists show themselves up with typical Oktoberfest outfit inspired by traditional Bavarian dresses during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany. (Photo byJohannes Simon
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A customer is provided with a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress at a shop selling Dirndl dresses and leather trousers on September 8, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Dirndl dresses are famous to be worn during the world's biggest beer festival Oktoberfest.Alexandra Beier
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A customer is provided with a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress at a shop selling Dirndl dresses and leather trousers on September 8, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Dirndl dresses are famous to be worn during the world's biggest beer festival Oktoberfest.Alexandra Beier
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A woman dressed with traditional Bavarian clothes wait gets ready early in the morning as she waits before the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese ground in Munich, southern Germany, on September 17, 2011.KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND
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